St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-03
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.

a dispatch from Victoria, British Colum-
bia, says news has been received from the
Superintendent of Provincial Police Roy
craft, who went north with a force in a
special steamer some days ago to arrest an
Indian who murdered two farmers in COwi-
chan year ago. He captured the Indian.
He also confirms rumors that the missing
schooner Sea Bird, which left Port Townsend
year ago for the North, was taken by In
dams, burned and the entire crew muir
dered, short distance above Seymour Mar
rows. Roycraft captured seven of the sup
posed murderers.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn. says an
atfray took place at Coal Creek, between
Davis Adkins and John Mahatfey and his
Younger brother, Ben. Knives were used,
and all the parties were frightfully butch
cred. Ben Mahatfey died. and his brother is
not expected to live. Davis is under arrest.
Jacob Sharp has had two chills. Three
physicians and all his family were summoned
to his bedside in Ludlow-street jail. Coun-
sci for Sharp said he had not heard directly
from Judge Potter in reference to the appli-
cation for a permanent stay in the Sharp
case, but that he had learned enough to JUS
tify him in saying that stay would certainly
be granted.
DR.. Bridge, the State veterinary surgeon,
is at Trexlertown, Pa, investigating the re-
ported outbreak of peuro-pneumonia. He
says the disease is splenic fever, and that it
will not spread.
Cattle in the vicinity of Belvidere, N. j.,
having symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia, and
several having died, the State veterinary sur
geon made an official visit, and after exam
lining some of the cattle said they were af-
tiicted with Texas fever.
Charles McEvoy, aged ten years, and
another boy named Charles Vaillancourt
were shooting at target with revolver in
haywood, ILL.,. when McEvoy was accident
ally shot and killed.
The Mexican government has become
alarmed over the spread Of continent small
pox in Cuba, and will take measures to pre-
vent the introduction of the disease into that
country. Advices from Cuba represent the
disease as making terrible ravages.
At G. sidenberg & Co.'S building, at No.
43 Mercer street, New York, about eighteen
female employees got on the elevator to 60 to
the upper floors. When the elevator got to
the third floor it began to descend. The
safety catches failed to work, and the car
crashed to the basement. Mrs. Jane Lynch,
fifty-fve years old, was killed; John O'Neill,
the elevator boy, sustained fracture of the
spine and Lizzie Dougherty and Mrs. Jessie
Buyers were seriously injured. About a
dozen others received slight injuries.
The jewelry firm of Fl. Matson & Co., of
Chicago, has failed for $4,000.
The sheriff has seized the store of the
Woonsocket Rubber Company, of Woon-
socket, R. l., in New York, containing
stock of goods worth between s25,0OO and
$50, 900, on an attachment obtained by
Thomas John Shipton Green, to recover
$22sOOO.
A receiver has been appointed for the Hay
ward Rubber Company, at Norwich and
Colchester, Conn. The nominal assets are
supposed to be about $3.50, 600 and liabilities
about 100000, outside of the capital stock.
w. F. Elliott & Co., dealers in lubricating
oils. in Montreal. Quebec, have made an as
signment, with liabilities of $4,000. The as
sets are unestimated.
The property of the French Boys Mining
Company, in King Solomons Mountains,
Las Animas mining district, in San Juan
county, Col, was sold at auction, at the
Real Estate Exchange in New York, for
$500. 1t is said that $500, 900 has been sunk
in the property by investors.
The Vermillion Iron Range in Minnesota,
which turned out 80, ,000 tons of ore last year,
has been purchased by syndicate composed
mainly Of Chicago capitalists The syndi-
cate paid S6,Om,000 in certified checks and
several millions of stock to Mr.. Charlemagne
Tower, of Boston, for his interest. The pur-
chase comprises 1900 acres of iron lands,
and is said to be the largest iron investment
known.
In the present naval appropriation bill is
clause appropriating S1,0OO,0OO "for float
ing batteries or rams or other naval struc-
lures to be used for coast Defense" with
qualifying provision to the effect that the
final cost of the structures shall not exceed
81, 10000 exclusive of armament. 10 give
effect to this clause the Secretary of the Navy
has appointed a board of officers, which will
meet not later than September s.
The steamer ST. Paul. which arrived at San
Francisco from Behring sea, reports that
great fears are expressed in Ounalaska for
the safety of the United States revenue cut
ter Bear. She left early in the spring with
orders to look after the Arctic fleet of whalers.
When she sailed she was leaking, and men
had to be kept at the pumps.
Members of the naval board on life-boats
say there is lack Of comprehension among
inventors of the needs of the navy in the
way of life-boats, as is evidenced by model
of life-boat just received equipped with four
propellers and ram.
President Cleveland has telegraphed to
Chairman Pattison authorizing the Pacific
railroad commission to use their own discre-
ton in the matter of employing counsel in
the contest against the officials of the Cen
tral Pacific railroad in the United States Cir
cult Court at San Francisco. The question
before the court is whether the commission
had not power to compel Senator Stanford
to explain what 100000 of unexplained
vouchers was expended for and whether it
was to influence State or national legislation
The commission declined to give the text OF
the telegram for publication.